7For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.


In Context

4 Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men.

5 Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

6 Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.

7 For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.

8 In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

9 All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

Proverbs 8:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:7My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:7My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall utter truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.